Archive for July, 2008
Cambodian PM: Row “bad for relations”
Cambodian PM sent a letter to his Thai counterpart saying the situation is getting worse and urging the withdrawal of the Thai troops (ABC News; Kyodo News; Reuters 1, 2, 3; BBC).
Cambodia-Thailand confrontation getting worse
Number of troops has swollen to 400 from 200 on Thai side and to 800 from 380 on Cambodian side (AP, about 5pm 17 Jul 08 [JP time]) although both sides earlier agreed to meet next Mon to defuse the tensions (CNN, about 7:22pm 17 Jul 08 [JP time]).
Military confrontation escalates in Preah Vihear
BBC: Political tensions driving temple rows. The number of Thai troops has risen to 200 today.
Military confrontation begins between Cambodia, Thailand
TheEarthTimes: Cambodia plays down border spat, detains 17 Thai troops. AFP: Cambodia says further Thai troops trespass in temple feud.
Govt spokesman talks about Preah Vihear listing
RFA reported in Khmer Khieu Kanharith’s talk about the listing of Preah Vihear. The govt spokesman failed to respond to the doubt and arguments by the Cambodia’s Border Committee.
A defect in Cambodia’s election law?
Article 120 of the Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly states in part that members of the National Assembly shall lose their membership if they lose their membership from their political party.
Sex with a corps is a crime in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that attempted disinterment of a corpse for sexual purposes violates criminal law, reversing the decision by the court of appeals.
Is this a wrong impression of Cambodia?
On the afternoon of Jul 7 after spending a bit of time in the Central Library thinking over the outline for my master’s thesis report, I came out and found a friend of mine who I usually met on Mondays…
First 3 months of 08 marks Cambodia’s rise in traffic accidents
130 deaths and 551 injuries have been caused by traffic accidents alone in Cambodia during the first three months of 2008, according to a report Handicap International Belgium released last week
US immigration law under fire
The New York Times wrote in its headlines today, “Employers Fight Tough Measure on Immigration.” It’s about a law passed in 2007 that provides for license revocation of businesses caught twice with illegal immigrants. Its enactment led to about 5,000 arrests in workplaces in 2007 alone. A large circle of employers nationwide have reacted negatively to the law and therefore moved to have it amended for their benefit. In fact, in Arizona last week, an employer group presented “more than 284,000 signatures — far more than needed — for a November ballot initiative that would make the 2007 law even friendlier to employers,” according to the news.
Categories
Achives
- October 2008 (5)
- September 2008 (2)
- August 2008 (4)
- July 2008 (33)
- June 2008 (11)
- May 2008 (6)
- April 2008 (8)
Recent Posts- Cambodia, Thailand agree to joint border patrols
- Photos of Thai-Cambodian border conflict following Oct 15 shooting
- Latest news following gunfire between Cambodia and Thailand
- Number of people evicted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Hearts apart, house apart!
- Commercial arbitration in Cambodia is hatching
- Family Footsteps – Cambodia (A Khmaussie’s Story)
- Getting to understand YouTube culture
- Cambodia-Thailand border dispute worsens over weekend
- Thailand seeks foreign support for bilateral talks
Recent Comments
